Stocks of interest on the ASX this week

CBA - COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA - down 22 cents, or 0.3 per cent, at $80.50

The Commonwealth Bank has failed to end the week on a high note despite posting a record $9.9 billion annual profit, as the fallout continues from the federal government's financial intelligence unit AUSTRAC accusing the bank of more than 53,000 breaches of money laundering laws.

AGL - AGL ENERGY - down 64 cents, or 2.5 per cent, at $24.66

Shares in Australia's second-largest energy retailer slipped on Thursday, despite the company posting an annual profit of $539 million for the year to June 30. That profit was up from the prior year's loss of $408 million, resulting from one-off items and accounting adjustments.

Investors have warmed to Virgin Australia after it posted an underlying annual loss of $3.7 million on Thursday but said its core domestic business is on the mend, with underlying earnings in the final three months of 2016/17 up $38.4 million from a year ago.

REA - REA GROUP - down $4.39, or 6.4 per cent, at $64.35

REA Group shares took a hit on Friday after the online real-estate advertiser reported its net profit had slipped 19 per cent to $206.3 million, on the back of a $182.8 million write-down of its Asian business due to weak market conditions.

NCM - NEWCREST MINING - up $1.51, or 7.4 per cent, at $21.85

Escalating tensions between the United States and North Korea, with US President Donald Trump threatening to hit North Korea "with fire and fury" if it continued to threaten the US, have sent investors to safe-haven assets such as gold. Newcrest Mining is among local gold miners to have benefited.